Emergency Medicine
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: Always Cook Your Boba
A 45-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife both presented for evaluation of facial spasm and cheek swelling after eating a soup containing taro...
Radiology Review
Haste Makes Waste
Reckless driving sends a young woman to your facility intubated, unresponsive, and in respiratory distress. Will a chest radiograph help you set...
Radiology Review
The Not-So-Routine Physical
All she wanted was to establish care! See how an annual physical, including chest radiograph, takes an unexpected turn for a 60-year-old woman.
Case Reports
Don’t Always Rush to Rally Renal
An otherwise healthy 20-month-old boy presented to the ED for evaluation after his...
Grand Rounds
Man, 32, With Severe Scrotal Pain and Swelling
It started as mild left scrotal discomfort, with no history of trauma. Then escalating pain and swelling, as well as hematuria and dysuria, prompt...
Radiology Review
When It All Comes Crashing Down
A 40-year-old construction worker was remodeling a home when the roof collapsed. A metal support beam struck his head, face, and chest; what does...
Radiology Review
From Revved Up to Banged Up
A motorcyclist is brought to your facility after crashing into another vehicle. There is obvious trauma to his head, face, and extremities. See...
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: An Unlikely Cause of Paralysis
A young man with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented for evaluation of severe bilateral weakness in the upper and lower...
Radiology Review
The Man With No Medical History
Following a motor vehicle collision, a 60-year-old man has pain in his chest, head, and arm. He has no reported medical history; is his pain a...
Radiology Review
Woman’s Weakness is Worsening
A 65-year-old woman has been experiencing left-side weakness for mroe than two months, and she reports that it's worsening with time. Find out...